Ippendorf

Ippendorf Federal city of Bonn Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′ 52 ″  N , 7 ° 5 ′ 1 ″  E
Height :	161 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.08 km²
Residents :	7296  (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	2,369 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st August 1969
Postal code :	53127
Area code :	0228
Location of the Ippendorf district in the Bonn district

Ippendorf is a district of the federal city of Bonn in the city district of the same name . It is located southwest of the center between the Venusberg and the Kreuzberg on the edge of the Kottenforst and is limited to the east by the Engelsbach , to the north by the Kreuzbergallee , to the west by open fields and the Katzenlochbach and to the south by Dottendorfer Weg and Gudenauer Weg . The Waldau is located in the south of Ippendorf . Around 7,000 people, who make up around two percent of Bonn's population, live in Ippendorf on an area of ​​3.08  square kilometers .

In the Bonn city area, purchasing power in 2008 was clearly the highest in Ippendorf and Venusberg at EUR 24,428. This was followed by Röttgen (21,965 euros) and Schweinheim (21,800 euros).

history

Ippendorf, St. Barbara, aerial photo (2017)

"Holy Stairs" at the Kreuzberg Church

Ippo was a Frankish personal name in the 8th century. So Ippendorf means Ippo's village . The first documented mention of Ippendorf comes from the year 1320. In 1959, the construction manager H. Schmidt found an approximately 50,000 year old bow scraper (Moustérien double scraper) made of light gray flint on Schafberg in Ippendorf ; it is the oldest evidence of Ippendorfer history and is in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn. There are also traces of a ring wall from Neolithic times on the Stationsweg . Occasional coins from Roman times and a sandstone altar dedicated to the god Mercurius were found . The Kreuzberg Church was Archbishop and Elector Ferdinand of Cologne built to 1627th The Holy Staircase built by Balthasar Neumann in Rococo style is particularly worth seeing .

In 1670 Ippendorf comprised 29 houses. Wonderfully country belonged to the village by the end of the 18th century to the Electorate of Cologne and shelter as part of the glory Poppelsdorf and Endenich the office administration Bonn. A first chapel was probably built in Ippendorf in the second half of the 18th century, the successor building ( Barbara chapel ) was built in 1807. In 1908 the Catholic parish church of St. Barbara was completed.

From 1816 to 1927 Ippendorf belonged to the Poppelsdorf mayor , then to the Duisdorf office . The community with an area of ​​approx. 162  ha was incorporated into the then federal capital and today's federal city of Bonn on August 1, 1969, together with Bad Godesberg, Beuel, Buschdorf , Duisdorf, Holzlar, Lengsdorf , Lessenich / Meßdorf , Oberkassel and Röttgen . The Ippendorf district within the boundaries of the former community still exists today. From 1973 to 2005 the training and further education center of the Foreign Office ("Diplomatenschule") was located in Ippendorf at Gudenauer Weg 134-136 before it moved to the Borsig Villa Reiherwerder in Berlin-Tegel. In 1985, the office building of the embassy of Czechoslovakia was completed in Ippendorf , which after the embassy moved to Berlin housed a consulate general until 2008 and was demolished in 2012.

Ippendorf is a preferred residential area characterized by many villas.

In Ippendorf (Buchholzstrasse), diplomat Gerold von Braunmühl was shot dead on the street by the RAF on October 10, 1986 .

Infrastructure

Ippendorf has a rich infrastructure, including a post office, a petrol station, a branch of the Sparkasse KölnBonn , a taxi stand, two pharmacies, a supermarket, a drugstore, a bicycle shop, two bakers, a flower shop, two hairdressers and a number of other smaller shops. There are also two kindergartens and a primary school in Ippendorf. Dining options include an Indian restaurant, a home-style inn with a focus on Balkan cuisine and a classic pub. In addition, doctors from various fields work in Ippendorf.

Katzenlochbachtal

The Katzenlochbachtal nature reserve extends over a length of seven kilometers directly adjacent to the residential development of Ippendorf , in which there are only four crossings between Lengsdorf and Ippendorf on the eastern side and Röttgen and Ückesdorf on the western side: two wooden bridges, the path, " Am Katzenlochbach ”, and the Schiffgesweg. The valley is called Katzenlochbachtal because of the Katzenlochbach, which flows from Röttgen via Ückesdorf through the Katzenlochbach valley (and later flows into Dransdorf as the Endeicher Bach after approx. 10.6 km as the longest brook in Bonn). Wildcats - the namesake for the valley and stream - probably lived on the Katzenlochbach until the middle of the 20th century , but they were exterminated through hunting and urban sprawl. In the meantime, a wildcat population has been detected in the adjacent Kottenforst, which may also spread to the old Katzenlochbachtal district.

The Katzenlochbachtal is partly natural: The valley has alder - alluvial forests and spring swamps on the valley slope. There are protected species of animals, especially birds, such as the nightingale, the oriole and the kingfisher . Also badger , polecat , stone marten , pine marten , grass snake and various amphibians live in the nature reserve. The Katzenlochbachtal has been designated as a nature reserve since 1999 in order to preserve this biological diversity there. In 2004 the entire Kottenforst was designated as a nature reserve and since then has included a. also the Katzenlochbach valley.

Since 2000 the Katzenlochbachtal has been designated as part of the Kottenforst as a bird sanctuary and FFH area "Kottenforst forest reserve with Waldville". In addition to the city forester's office, there are many volunteer helpers in the Katzenlochbachtal: A group of nature conservationists - the "Lengsdorfer Bachfreunde" - who, with around 70 members, maintain the orchards in the valley, mow the meadows and, overall, ensure that the ecological interplay between flora and fauna is free from disturbances. One of the activities carried out by the association is the distribution of tree sponsorships. Furthermore, trees are planted by the “Lengsdorfer Bachfreunde” with the help of the city forester's office, whereby old, resistant fruit varieties are in the foreground in the planting.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population in Bonn by districts (according to the main statute) on December 31 , 2018 , Federal City of Bonn - Statistics Office, February 2019
2. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, 2nd volume: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, p. 59.
3. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 82 .
4. ↑ State Surveying Office North Rhine-Westphalia: Directory of the landmarks ( Memento of the original from April 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (As of 2005; PDF; 243 kB) 
5. ↑ Federal government cannot find buyers for its real estate , General-Anzeiger , December 21, 2005
6. ↑ Bach Development Plan 2008 (PDF; 1.7 MB), Bonn.
7. ↑ First results of the nationwide wildcat inventory, bund.de, accessed January 21, 2013
8. ↑ List of Natura 2000 areas No. DE-5308-401, http://www.naturschutzinformationen-nrw.de/natura2000-meldedok/de/fachinfo/listen/meldedok/DE-5308-401
9. ↑ Lengsdorfer Bachfreunde

literature

• Bernhard Berzheim: Ippendorf. From a poor farming village to a preferred place of residence in Bonn. Published by the Bonn Homeland and History Association . Bonn 1990.

Web links

Commons : Ippendorf  - collection of images, videos and audio files